[Journey to the West] Tucao Emperor who was delayed by Buddhism

Mother had said to Jing Zhe that a child like him who overwhelmed a nest of brothers and sisters and was born in the world is mostly born with evil spirits in his life, and life is not easy.

However, what his mother didn't tell him was that - as he was so ill-fated but still alive, he would probably kill his relatives, but none of the people he loved would end well.

So, the mother fox raised him up a little bit, and then hid him far away, and never saw him again.

Jing Zhe has not been close to his mother since he was a child, and later the litters of cubs that the mother fox gave birth to also went their separate ways, flying far and wide, only one eye called Shi Qi was blind, and could not walk very far, and needed someone to take care of them , He went to see him with some delicious food when he had nothing to do. After a long time, the two brothers depended on each other for life, and their lives were relatively peaceful.

Until he grew up and knew what it was like, he fell in love with a female fox in the mountains.

The full moon in the spring when we met was full of flowers, and all the blood and hatred seemed to start from the light fragrance of flowers that spread in the valley that year.Misfortune always likes to lay traps on the road ahead in a seductive way. The more scrambled flowers become, the more dangerous the traps will be.

The color of that female fox's fur is not pure, the white is mixed with some miscellaneous hairs, and it has never been named. Because she always likes to drink the dew between the leaves in the morning, Jing Zhe looked through the poetry collections of people and named her Cailu. .

Cailu is not smart enough, but she has a kind nature. She often runs after butterflies in the mountains, but she is not cultivated enough. She can neither transform into shape nor fly into the clouds. In the end, she can only look up and watch the butterfly fly away. Fat for a while.

Jing Zhe often told her not to run out of the mountains, once out of the mountains, the outside is full of traps for hunters, if caught, they will be killed.

Fox fur was very expensive at that time, because a hunter once caught a big fox in this mountain. Monster, don't dare to get too close.

It should be noted that when demons first practiced, they didn't know any spells, and they could only make themselves immortal, but their lifespan was longer than that of ordinary beasts, and they were still much weaker than human swords and poison|drugs.

Cailu told Jingzhe that if one day they can also cultivate human form, then they should learn from each other and never give up.

Jingzhe then allowed her to get married with the matchmaker, and they became husband and wife. When they got married, all the beasts and birds in the valley were required to witness.

In that spring, bouquets of flowers of various colors bloomed all over the valley, dyeing the entire hilltop into brocade.

However, spring passed quickly, and summer also passed by in a flash, like a bird flying in the sky, leaving only a piece of fluttering wings.

Once fall is over, winter will soon be upon us.

For the hunters stationed at the foot of the mountain, this is not a good thing, because they all came here for the fur of the fox. They originally stationed here for half a year and wanted to pick up a treasure to return to make a profit, but they got nothing. It is difficult to live in the mountains, let alone catch any wild animals.

The Orions came in and out more frequently, and Jing Zhe became more and more worried.

Cai Lu always runs too far, which makes him very uneasy.

Jingzhe said to Cailu: "These hunters have no profit, and they will not leave if they don't catch big prey; if they catch big prey, there will be more hunters coming next year. When they all go hunting, go to their homes to catch a few children who are scattered at home, and over time, it will spread that there are people-eating monsters in the mountains, and they will not come."

Cai Lu couldn't bear it, and said to him: "If one day we have our own children, how can we bear to see them being captured? Although hunters are very bad, children are always innocent."

Jing Zhe said: "I don't want to attack those little ones either, but the hunters all carry swords, you and I are still relatively low-level now, it's okay to hit one or two, they move in groups, how can we sneak attack successfully? "

Cai Lu snuggled up to him and said, "Then let's hide away a little bit, that's fine."

Jing Zhe was still worried: "I'd better bring a few children, and I'll make them your body."

Cai Lu said angrily, "But what's the difference between you and those hunters who eat little foxes?"

Jing Zhe could only stop mentioning this matter, even though it was like a thorn in his heart, he couldn't get rid of it.

On the second day after he discussed with Cai Lu, Cai Lu disappeared.

At first Jing Zhe only thought she was having a temper with him, so she went to the place where they often met together to look for her, but after searching and searching, she couldn't find her.

He was worried that Cailu was caught by Orion, but he went to look at the traps and found that Orion had caught nothing in the trap recently. Don't worry, he didn't worry, and he searched around for several days.

Until the last day, he heard from a carp in the stream that the hunter's child made a fuss in the stream a few days ago, and was washed down the mountain stream due to the rapid current, and nearly drowned in the deep pool below the mountain stream. , was rescued by Cailu.

Seeing that he had a severe fever, Cai Lu took him back to the village at the foot of the mountain in the middle of the night, thinking that he would be saved.

Awakening Zhe had a bad premonition, so regardless of the thorns growing all the way, he stumbled down the mountain and rushed into the hunter's house in the middle of the night to search for them one by one, ignoring them holding torches and knives until he found one of the hunter's houses. brand new white fur.

The bones and flesh had already been burned to ashes in the fire, and they were either swallowed or thrown into the gutter. Only the blood-stained and dried fur was hanging outside, ready to be sold for a good price after air-drying.

The lover's familiar smell spread in the cool wind of early autumn. He tried to hug the familiar fur, but only touched the cold breath of death.

Did she do something wrong?No.She just wanted to save the drowning child.

They are beasts in the mountains, and there is no clear boundary between good and evil.

Jing Zhe has practiced for many years, it's not that she doesn't know spells, but she is not proficient enough to use them.

Holding the exposed fur in his arms, he looked at the people who surrounded him in amazement under the bleak moonlight. At that moment, resentment filled his chest, and desperate hatred swelled from the bottom of his heart, permeating his blood like venom.

Exhausted, he trapped all the people in the village with spells, dragging them into a terrifying illusion.

People are full of weaknesses, greed, desire, fear, love... too much.

In the extreme hallucination, the terrified people killed each other, and Jingzhe hugged Cailu's fur tightly, hugged her dead body like a lover, then lit a big fire, left the village, and stood on the hillside , Watching the whole village dance, laugh and kill in the firelight.

In the end, only ashes remained.

In order to find Cailu's soul, Jingzhe interrogates the ghost on the road, and follows the undead all the way to the underworld, watching the souls from life and death cross the river of Wangchuan, step on the bridge of Naihe, and head towards the ghost town.

But even though Jingzhe is a monster, he is still alive, the guards guarding Lidu will not let him in, no matter how much he begs, it will be of no avail.

The ghost messenger said to him: "Life and death are separated, and yin and yang are divided into two places. I advise you to go to your yang life. Everything is empty after death. Maybe she won't remember you long ago."

Jing Zhe said: "Impossible, we swore that we will never be separated."

The ghost guard sneered: "What's the use of the oaths you swore in your lifetime? Even if you swear in front of gods and Buddhas, you still have to ask about this life and the next life!"

There is no other way, Jing Zhe can only cast the spell again, and enter the dreamland of the dead.He used up too many spells in that village before, and once he ran out of spells in the ghost town, he would end up as a ghost, but he was not reconciled, he took the risk of being wiped out, sneaked into the ghost town, ran up the Naihe Bridge, Just as Cailu's soul was about to cross the river, he quickly grabbed her and almost wept with joy.

Jingzhe told her that in the next life, no matter what she was reborn in the ends of the earth, he would look for her.

Cailu's soul has already drank the Mengpo soup, and the memories of her previous life have been dissipated like the wind, and she only vaguely remembers the shadow of Jingzhe, and the deep love in the past has long been turned into nothingness.

Cailu said that she had not had a good death in ten lifetimes. She became a livestock or a bird, but she died short-lived in the end. In the next life, she can finally be reborn as a human being, and she will be a young lady of a wealthy family without suffering anymore.She hoped that Jing Zhe would no longer be obsessed with the things of the previous life, that death is death, the evils and good deeds in the previous life will be completely wiped out, and only the next life will be true.

In the end, she completely forgot who Jing Zhe was, and only showed him a farewell smile.

But Jing Zhe didn't understand, he asked back: "When you were alive, you swear to me that nothing in this world can separate us, why is it that once you die, it doesn't matter?"

He is a stubborn person, but Cailu is not, he just doesn't understand.

Cai Lu said: "Haven't I never loved you? I have loved you with all my heart in my last life, and I will love others in my next life. This is destiny."

Jing Zhe was stunned, watching helplessly that Cailu, who had already forgotten about him, walked across the bridge of Naihe, and that unencumbered soul drifted away freely.

What Cai Lu said is right, she has given all her love in this life to Jing Zhe, and when this life is over, she will naturally have nothing to worry about.

But she didn't know that Jing Zhe had already given her all his love, and when she left, she took away everything he could give.

Naihe Bridge is the boundary between life and death, where yin and yang meet. Jingzhe stood on the bridge for a long time, looking at the reincarnated souls coming and going, not knowing where he was.

When he came back from the ghost town, he left all his feelings in the place separated by yin and yang. When he returned to this world, it was still him, but he was born with evil spirits, extremely ruthless, and became extremely cold and cruel. .

After that, Shi Qi also asked why there were no more hunters hunting in the nearby mountains, but Jing Zhe didn't answer him.

Not only were there no hunters hunting, even the wild ghosts who passed by were afraid to approach this legendary mountain where weird things kept happening. The whole mountain was surprisingly quiet except for some animals and birds passing by occasionally.

If there is a trace of old warmth in Jing Zhe's heart, it's time to take care of Shi Qi every day.It seems that Shi Qi will wait for him in this mountain stream at any time, because his eyes are blind, so he is afraid of the outside world, he has only one person in this world, Jing Zhe, who can be trusted, and the two brothers cuddle together , It has been nearly a hundred years like this.

Jing Zhe felt that every time she went back to the mountain stream to be with Shi Qi, her life would be the same as in the past, as if nothing had changed. After all, when Cai Lu never appeared before, the two of them depended on each other for life, but Shi Qi Keenly aware of what is gone forever, disappeared without a trace in the winter wind.

The complete turning point of all this happened when Hui An went down to the realm without authorization and met Shi Qi in the year.

Jing Zhe has never had a good impression of gods, the first time he saw Hui An, he felt that he had good intentions, after all, there are no gods in this world who are willing to hang out with monsters, just like the children of nobles in the royal city, how many are willing to make friends with commoners ?It's not about asking the monsters to work as cows and horses for them.

Jing Zhe has always felt that self-made gods like that can still be admired, but those born with immortals like Hui An, he despises the most.

He smelled the lotus fragrance on Hui An's body, and knew that he was from the Western Paradise, but he had long hair and unshaved shoulders, and his words and deeds were also the behavior of the Eastern Earth, probably sent from the Heavenly Court to the Western Paradise. Alone, Hui An, the chief disciple of Avalokitesvara.

Jingzhe had already made plans for this immortal who came to his door, he thought Shi Qi was really smart, for such an inexperienced little immortal here, sooner or later he would be able to get a lot of benefits from him.

However, Shi Qi didn't think so.

Jingzhe has been by Shiqi's side for so many years, and is the only one who takes care of him. Every time he leaves the cave, he never hears Shiqi ask: "Brother, when will you come again?"

But after Hui An left, Shi Qi kept saying: Brother, when do you think Hui An will come again?

At first, it was only a small dissatisfaction, like small streams of water continuously converging, forming a puddle, until the day when Hui An decided to restore Ming Dynasty to the Seventeenth, it turned into a flood, and the turbulent undercurrent under the calm appearance finally rushed out water surface.

After Hui An left, Jing Zhe formulated a plan according to the legend of Avalokitesvara he had accumulated over the years, coupled with what Hui An said.At this moment, he heard Shi Qi say: "If I regain my sight, I can go to Nanhai with Hui An to see his master. He said his master is the best person in the world, but I haven't seen him yet... "

Jing Zhe felt as if a hole had been dug out suddenly in Jing Zhe's heart, and it was empty, and the cold wind pierced through there, making a whistling sound.

He froze for a while and asked, "Are you leaving this mountain stream?"

Seventeen is full of longing for the future: "I don't have to ask Hui An to help me regain my sight, but if I can see, I want to go out to see the sky and the sea. The peonies in Luoyang are like brocades, I really want to travel all over the world to see them, as he said, making friends from all over the world will be much more interesting than dying in this mountain stream every day."

Jing Zhe knew that as the eldest brother, he should be happy for Shi Qi, but he couldn't be happy no matter what.An extremely selfish heart welled up from the bottom of his heart - he could also go to all corners of the world, three capitals and six cities, but he didn't want to go, he just wanted to stay in this mountain stream with Shi Qi, as if the days were still in the past, he Frightened about the future of the Seventeenth Plan.

The yin and yang are separated, and the gods and demons also have different routes. The past scenes surged back, and the fear and coldness attacked his whole body again.

He seemed to have changed back to when he was standing on the Naihe Bridge that day.The tenth life of mining dew is complete, and the next life will be for others to enjoy peace and happiness; the seventeenth gets to know the fairy class, and in the future he will go wandering all over the world, but what about himself?He has a rotten heart, and it's the same wherever he goes.

So he deliberately laughed, and said to Shi Qi: "You have been seeing things for hundreds of years, you don't have to see things, right? Besides, whether you can see or not, I will take care of you... ..."

Just please don't leave me alone as soon as you have eyes, like everyone else does.I am the only one left in this world, because I am closest to you, so it is okay to be selfish and indulgent, right?

He looked at Shi Qi expectantly, but heard Shi Qi say: "Although it is like this, it is different after all. I also want to be self-reliant and take care of myself. I just want to see what the outside world is like. Take a look." I was satisfied, and I was also satisfied when Hui An retracted her eyes."

Jing Zhe said: "I've seen the outside world, it's not good at all—"

Seventeen lay down sleepily, and said aggrievedly: "I know." Then, drooping his head, laying his head under his paws, he whispered: "I'm a blind monster, I shouldn't ask Hui An to ask for it." If there are so many, his master may not seem to help me, and I will even cause him to be scolded by the master."

He looked at Shi Qi's appearance, and suddenly he appeared in front of his eyes when his hair was still uneven, a little cub who was always afraid of the cold, tremblingly sniffing in the direction of the mother fox, but because of his blind eyes, he would never Unable to find the direction, he always walked over there dumbfounded, and carried Shiqi back to the nest, so that he would not die when he was born.

But at that moment, he looked at Shiqi, and suddenly realized that if Shiqi could really see one day, who else in the world would be willing to stay by his side?Even his younger brother, who has been taking care of him for so many years, never thought of his existence when he thought about recovering his eyesight. At that moment, he was overwhelmed by the fear of loneliness. For so many years, no matter how the outside world treats him, at least he can still When he came back to this mountain stream, he knew that Shiqi would always be here waiting for him, but this place would be empty soon, he was afraid, he was terribly afraid, just like that day when he grabbed Cailu's soul on the bridge of Naihe He is not afraid that his soul will be scattered, but he is afraid that she will never remember his appearance after crossing the Naihe Bridge and wading through this muddy river of Wangchuan.

So at that time he sneered and asked Seventeen: "Hui An is so good? Immortals are so good? Where was he when you were about to freeze to death and starve to death? Now that he has given you a little benefit, you are willing to give it to him." Do you want to be a cow or a horse?"

Seventeen suddenly raised his head and said angrily: "Not all gods are good, but Hui An is good. I don't think he is good because he benefits me, because he is my friend, and a friend is Okay! You say he is not good, so I won't talk to you anymore!"

Shi Qi had never quarreled with him because of anything, only this time, Jing Zhe got up coldly and left, before he left, he didn't forget to turn his head and say to him: "You were born to rot in this mountain stream, and you never want to go out in your whole life." , even if you die, don't even think about leaving!"

After he finished speaking, he left.Until that day when he made an appointment with Hui An to steal the elixir Qiongyao, he looked at the clean bottle of Guanyin, took out a drop with a sneer, condensed the water into beads, and pressed it on the ring on his hand, but never returned to the mountain stream.

He wandered around the outside world for about a year, until he was caught up by Hui An, who wanted to get back the drop of water.

One god and one demon fought, but Jing Zhe was defeated, and was beaten to the point of death, excruciating pain.

However, Hui An couldn't bear to kill him in the end, so he left him to wait for death in the mountain stream—there is nothing more terrible than waiting for death in this world, he would rather die on the running road than watch his cultivation flow into dryness. die.

Enduring serious injuries, Jing Zhe struggled all the way back to the mountain stream, he knew that Hui An would definitely find this place, but besides Shi Qi, where else could he go?

It's not that he hasn't regretted it. Shi Qi is his only remaining younger brother. He has tried his best to protect him for so many years, but because of a moment of anger, he is unwilling to give him that drop of water to restore his eyesight. Shi Qi will hate him, right?

But he was really desperate, he wandered outside for a year, but he didn't even have a place to stay, as long as Shi Qi could take him in, even for a while.

He stumbled and ran to the mountain stream where Shi Qi was, but he was afraid that he would think he was dirty, so he washed the blood off his body outside the stream, his fur was soaked by cold water, and shivering, he hid in the mountain stream.

Even though he tried so hard to wash off the blood on his body, Shi Qi still smelled the fishy smell and hurriedly said, "What's the matter with you?"

Jing Zhe was drenched all over, only felt cold, but refused to admit that he was defeated by Hui An, and said: "I had a fight with Hui An, and I was injured a little bit."

Shi Qi was startled, stumbled to his feet, and wanted to lower his head to sniff the wound on his body, but he avoided him, Shi Qi anxiously said, "Is your injury serious?"

Jing Zhe originally had an extremely stubborn temperament, so he made up his mind and said: "Skin wounds, it's okay."

Seventeen breathed a sigh of relief, and just relieved, he became nervous again: "What happened to Hui An? You injured him, didn't you? Why did you lie to him? His master is Guanyin of the South China Sea. If something is stolen, he must be blamed." His! Can you return the things to him, I don’t want to see the things anymore, just return the things to him..."

Hearing what he said, Jing Zhe felt as if he had plunged into a deep ravine, and the deadly cold surrounded his body, he laughed loudly: "But I have already swallowed that elixir, now you want to take them out of my stomach Cut it out and give it back to him?"

Shi Qi was taken aback: "I didn't mean that..."

Shi Qi was terrified. This brother was not the one he knew. He had a cold, terrifying and vicious personality. He was not the big brother who would come to him whenever he found something delicious. It seemed that the outside world had already undergone earth-shaking changes. He was the only one left in this deep stream, and knew nothing about the outside world.

He couldn't see anything, he could only hear the footsteps of his elder brother getting closer and closer, and the disturbing smell of blood became heavier and heavier, and he asked him: "Do you want to kill me too, and use me as your acquaintance with the gods?" What a coincidence, I think that Hui An is short of a mount, why don't you go and make him a watchdog?"

Shi Qi was so frightened that he huddled into a ball and said, "Don't do this, you are so scary, you know how powerful Master Hui An is, you will kill yourself sooner or later!"

He didn't know much about the world, and he was so anxious that he said: "You wait for me here, I will go and intercede with Hui An, he is not unreasonable, I will admit your mistake to him for you, he will not let you go of."

As he spoke, he stood up cautiously, leaning against the wall to go out.

Seeing him still facing Hui An, Jing Zhe felt hatred welling up in her heart—what's so good about immortals?What about saving people and helping the world, where are they when they are really needed?Cailu was gone at that time, and he also went to the god's temple to worship piously, begging the gods and Buddhas to let her go because of her kindness, but what happened?Where is there any reincarnation of cause and effect, where is there any retribution and unhappiness, if you win, you win, if you lose, you lose your wealth and life!

Now he would rather lose completely than those gods who hypocritically forgive him!

Even if he dies, don't let that Hui An pity him!

Jing Zhe shouted: "Stop!"

He was already seriously injured, but when he got so angry, his whole body was full of blood, and a huge bloody aura rushed in violently, occupying the cave.

Shi Qi couldn't see his eyes, but his nose was sensitive. The smell of blood and resentment immediately filled his nostrils. He was really terrified. He has lived a peaceful life in this mountain stream for hundreds of years. , but things seemed to have completely changed in the past two days, he couldn't bear such a big change, and ran forward because of fear, even if his head was knocked by a rock, he didn't dare to stay.

The moment he saw Shi Qi run out, Jing Zhe's heart was completely chilled. He should have figured out that his younger brother hated him to the core, and now he might want to take revenge on him—his own heart was black, so he felt that the world People's hearts are generally dark, and at that moment he was cruel, rather than letting Shi Qi sell him like this, it would be better...

Exhausting his last strength, he suddenly stopped Shi Qiyi who was about to rush out of the mountain stream, swallowed his cultivation base, and trapped his soul in a dream without being able to reincarnate. Another brand new body intact.

Seventeen's primordial spirit is extremely clear, diluting the hostility accumulated in him for hundreds of years, his cultivation base has increased many times, and the spells that had never been able to enter the station have also advanced by leaps and bounds. With lotus flowers covering his face, he calmly left his only hiding place.

Jing Zhe calmly looked at his healed wounds and regenerated muscles and bones, stroked his human-like skin, and smiled cruelly at the corner of his mouth.Standing on the clouds, he silently saw Hui An rushing into the mountain stream, but what he found was only a dead body with a severed tail, he couldn't help laughing.

He whispered to Seventeen's soul: "Don't be afraid, brother will take you with him wherever he goes in the future."

We two brothers, so far never separated.

He knew that Shi Qi might not be willing to answer him, or that he might have been trapped in the dream for too long and lost his way, but now he can be sure——except for the three-acre land circled in this dream, he has nowhere to think go.

Jingzhe remembered, it seems that someone said that extreme love and extreme hate are always connected, just like the dark soil under the flowers, flowers come from the soil, and then turn into dust and leave, they have been close to each other from the very beginning Can't get out.

He didn't understand at first, but now he finally understands—if he wants to keep it for a while, he has to leave it on the soil to absorb nutrients. Once the flower branch is broken, it will quickly wither and turn into dust.

Life draws nourishment from death, love extracts what it needs from hate, this is his life.

Beyond that, he has nowhere to go.